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Washington people, you should have received your ballot. Go vote in this important primary. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by August 2

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Working from home is when I forget to make these. Sorry?

It’s primary election season in Washington. Ballots have dropped and that gives you the perfect excuse to mosey on over to the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Yeah…we’ll talk electoral politics.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another chapter nearby.

Mask mandates may be coming back to King County. I think it would be good for public transportation. I mean vaccination and boosters are probably better than masks, but it’s not an either-or situation. So I don’t know enough, but it doesn’t hurt to wear one. I know some of you have glasses or stink breath, but really it’s pretty minimal.

Anyway, push the wire so it fits snuggly against your nose. This way a lot less air will flow, and the mask will work better. It’s also more comfortable.

Anyway, whatever comes of a mask mandate or not, you should wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

New York Times: America is failing refugees

The Criminals and Traitors that Worship The Dotard Трамп:

• Ari Melber: MAGA “hearsay” defense crashes as officer confirms that The Dotard tried to join violent march
• Rachel Maddow: New reporting on weapons among January 6th mob amplifies severity of attack
• Steve Hofstetter: Proof that Doctor Oz is a fraud
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to news of Ivana
• Ari Melber: Midnight military meeting led Трамп to Jan. 6 rally & Navarro plot
• Zerlina: Трамп’s Secret Service in question
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Dr. Pepper (Bad Case to Do A Coup) ♬:

• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert’s flimsy government cheese claims and book roasted
• Joy Reid: There’s enough for DOJ to open case with Трамп’s name in subject line
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Every Crime Imaginable ♬
• John Di Domenico: Трамп ignores NV candidates & praises own Las Vegas hotel
• Ari Melber: Jail time? Трамп’s sidekick Steve Bannon surrenders to panel amid growing coup evidence
• Chris Hayes: What happens if the GOP tries to dump Трамп in 2024?
• Robert Reich: The most shocking revelations from the day 7 of the January 6th hearings
• Ari Melber: Трамп coup nightmare—Case for “two serious crimes” outlined by top prosecutor
• Rachel Maddow: Video recordings of Proud Boys meetings likely to help prosecutors
• Now This: How Roe-overturn could lead to more pregnancy outcomes being criminalized
• Ari Melber: Prosecutor outlines “broad” criminal case against Трамп beyond Jan. 6
• J-L Cauvin: J6 Committee EXPOSES Voicemail of Трамп Witness Tampering
• Trevor: Look at these assholes—Трамп family edition:

• Zerlina: Трамп’s plan to claim presidential victory
• Ari Melber: Indicted Трамп coup plotter runs from voting machine plot he admitted
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s app demo crashes and ad fails LOL
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The “unhinged” meeting leading to January 6th riot
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Here Lies Трамп ♬
• Ari Melber: How to indict Трамп in 2022—Mueller vet responds to bombshell hearing

Trevor: The subminimum wage loophole

Robert Reich: Why food prices are rising

Supremely Fucked:

• Legal Eagle: After Roe v. Wade, what next?
• Rachel Maddow: Women’s health care providers find innovative ways to help evade red state abortion bans
• New York Times: Underground abortion pills, from Mexico to the U.S.
• Good Liars: Don’t tell men what to do with their bodies?
• Zerlina: Floating abortion clinic may be the loophole patients need
• Vox: How abortion bans make inequality worse

The New York Times debunk the latest corporate climate lie

LegalEagle: Elon Musk pulls out

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

As you probably know from my now rote sign off, I think you should be vaccinated and boosted. It’s one major thing you can do to protect yourself from the symptoms, and probably some of the contagion of COVID-19. So I am glad to see Governor Inslee pushing booster mandates (item two) for state employees. COVID-19 is still deadly and still spreading through the community. So reasonable measures that slow it down and make it manageable are important.

Anyway, don’t wait for the rules to kick in, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible today.

Good morning. Starbucks is closing several locations. They are claiming that it’s because of crime, because that’s the catchall excuse for anyone in this town deciding to act shitty. It seems more likely that it’s in response to their recent unionization.

Many in the local media are taking Starbucks at their word. This morning, KUOW did a piece on the closure of the 23rd and Jackson location. They mention crime specifically, so it’s not just a general it’s closing story. But nothing about union busting. Sad, guys.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for politics, drinks and good cheer. Stop by, if you can!

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another chapter nearby.

Your guys deserve more than another dashed off open thread, but sadly, you ain’t getting it. Back to normal soon?

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The New Yorker: Can the oil industry adapt to a changing world?

Ronny Chieng: Everything is stupid—America has a problem with food

Guns Kill in America:

• Ali Velshi: Mayors advocate for assault weapons ban as mass shootings become part of the job
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Systemic failures in Uvalde shooting response
• Liberal Redneck: How the Right handles the shootings
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America leads where no one should want to follow ♬
• Samantha Bee: We don’t have to live this way
• MeidasTouch: Illinois Governor Pritzker’s POWERFUL response to Highland Park tragedy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Democratic states are making progress in passing new gun laws
• Joy Reid: We “live at the mercy of whoever” can buy an AR-15

Tiffany Cross and friends:Can young people save our democracy?

Now This: How Femly’s CEO aims to end “period poverty” globally

The Coup Corps and Other Dotard Sycophants:

• Mehdi Hasan: Investigators inch closer to charging Трамп
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, The Biggest Spoiled Baby You Ever Saw ♬
• Chris Hayes: Could Pat Cipollone be the John Dean of the Jan. 6 case?
• Now This: Will Трамп be prosecuted?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Drip, Drip, Drip of Information ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rep. Schiff condemns threats against Jan. 6 Committee
• Desi Lydic: The only phone plan for insurrectionists
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Believe Cassidy Hutchinson ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s on air choke and Rudy Giuliani’s ShopRite story are hilarious
• Ali Velshi: Former January 6 Committee counsel shares insights on upcoming witnesses
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard and Boris, Both Bad, Both Gone ♬
• Chris Hayes: Fani Willis is “not playing around” with Трамп probe says ex-Fulton County ADA
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Rightwing Christofascists ♬
• MeidasTouch: Reenactment of Dotard Jr. DRUNK DIALING friend after Cassidy Hutchinson humiliated his dad
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard, Grab the Wheel ♬
• 11th Hour: Трамп’s legal peril—Giuliani subpoenaed as new Jan. 6 witnesses speak out after coup bombshells
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When will you stop following Трамп ♬
• Stephanie Ruhle: Alexander Vindman on Трамп team intimidating Jan 6 witnesses
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard, Just Testify Under Oath ♬
• Joy Reid: Lindsey Graham subpoenaed in GA criminal investigation is a “very big deal”

Dulcé Sloan: What July 4th means to Black folks

The Daily Show: Never forget the time Barack Obama didn’t wear a flag pin, the worst scandal in presidential history

Supremely Fucked:

• Now This: How Roe v. Wade’s reversal impacts the foster care system
• Tiffany Cross: Is travel reimbursement for abortions the new corporate perk?
• Vice News: Arson at an abortion clinic foreshadows a post-Roe future
• Now This: What are the legal risks of seeking abortion care post-Roe?

Rev. Sharpton: Protesters demand justice after bodycam video released shows fatal shooting of Jayland Walker

Now This: How the Biden Administration plans to take on global water insecurity

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

No, you forgot you were working from home because you had to start early and didn’t prepare anything. You should be making breakfast right now. What are you doing, just hit publish.

Good morning to everyone except Reagan Dunn. Man. While the rest of King County is helping people come here to get abortions, in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade. It’s a good thing to do. I hope that the county, and other municipal governments find more ways to act.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for politics, drinks and good cheer. We’d be happy to have you stop by.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another chapter nearby.

Seth Meyers: Some political news

The Dotard Трамп and Other Domestic Enemies of the United States of America:

• Stephen: Rep. Adam Kinzinger on why it was critical to hold a surprise hearing for Hutchinson’s testimony
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A song for Cassidy Hutchinson ♬
• Trevor: Trump’s January 6th fury revealed by Cassidy Hutchinson & Giuliani gets “slapped”
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reveals video of him throwing ketchup
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Why did Трамп WH counsel Cipollone say “We’re going to get charged”?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Almost telling Трамп to “Go fund yourself” ♬
• The Late Show: ♫ Elmo claps back at Ted Cruz the only way he knows how ♬:

• Stephen with AOC: Members who sought pardons should be expelled from the House
• Ari Melber: Трамп insider raided! Coup plotter has phone seized in “bad news” for MAGA-world
• Chelsea Handler: The awfulness that is Melania Трамп, Lauren Boebert & Ginni Thomas
• Tommy Campbell: Cassidy Hutchinson exposes Трамп throwing ketchup and Marjorie’s rescue tweet fails
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Rudy’s Sandals ♬
• The Late Show: Surprise your lady with a hearing from the January 6th Committee
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song for Marjorie TG ♬
• Lauren Mayer: There Was Ketchup On The Wall:

• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Don Jr’s intervention
• Stephen: Former President suspected of witness tampering
• WaPo: The bombshell sixth Jan. 6 hearing in 3 minutes
• Symone Sanders and friends: What Трамп did on Jan. 6
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, tougher on China than any past President ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп coup nightmare—See the moment FAUX News turns amidst “devastating” smoking gun
• Stephen: “Real real bad”—Hutchinson’s eyewitness testimony reveals White House knew Jan. 6th would get ugly
• Parody Project: ♫ Anthem for the insurrection ♬:

• Ali Velshi: Coercion eyed in Трамп paying lawyer fees of Jan. 6 witnesses
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп DESTROYS Cassidy Hutchinson
• Seth Meyers: Even FAUX News was stunned by Cassidy Hutchinson’s devastating testimony
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, the cowardly liar ♬
• Stephen: Rep. Kinzinger on what’s next for the Jan. 6th committee
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell crying about MyPillow knockoffs is hilarious
• Ari Melber: Indictment? Трамп linked to armed violence by star WH witness
• Stephen: Rudy Giuliani remains undaunted after Staten Island attack

Stephen: Take a ride on the SCOTUS roller coaster

John Oliver: Water

Supremely Fucked:

• Seth Meyers: Supreme Court rulings debate who’s next to be overturned
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп declares the Трамп Supreme Court the greatest ever
• Chelsea Handler: A message for men everywhere
• LegalEagle:How the Supreme Court killed Roe v. Wade
• Seth Meyers: Corrupt Republicans shredded the Supreme Court’s legitimacy with Roe ruling
• Lewis Black: SCOTUS
• WaPo: Late-night hosts scold Supreme Court after Roe is overturned
• Liberal Redneck: Not so Supreme Court
• Chelsea Handler: On Roe v. Wade being overturned
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Life is precious . . . unless it’s not:

• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Fuck the Supreme Court ♬
• Robert Reisch: They aren’t stopping with Roe v. Wade
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns the Supreme Court is not stopping at Roe v. Wade
• Mark Fiore: Pre-born patriots
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: The not-so-Supreme Court
• The Late Show: ♫ The conservative Supreme Court Justices sing “This Land Is My Land” ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: Mangy Fetlocks’ Pro-Life Poem (satire)
• The Daily Show: Vasectomies—A “snip” in the right direction
• Stephen: What will be the punishment for illegal abortions? And how to know if you still have rights
• Late Night: Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson responds to the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Seth Meyers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren praises Ketanji Brown Jackson’s commitment to justice

Desi Lydic: Pride Month’s coming out story

Stephen: Late Show’s Pride Month news parade

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

I am still reading this opinion (.pdf). But this thread about it is a good summary. The Washington State Supreme Court found that you can’t rant about illegal immigrants and building a wall as part of jury selection. It was just horror after horror done to this man to send him to court at all is vile. To also have jury selection go like that. Fuck, man. Fuck.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.